Trump Justice Dept. fires employees tied to Jack Smith probes as officials launch review of Jan. 6 cases
About a dozen Justice Department employees who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation of Donald Trump are being fired.
Justice Department fires employees who worked on Donald Trump prosecutions under Jack Smith
The acting attorney general fired more than a dozen officials who assisted special counsel Jack Smith's prosecutions against President Donald Trump.
More Than a Dozen of Jack Smith's Officials Fired by DOJ
The acting attorney general said these officials could not be trusted to "faithfully implement the president's agenda."
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House Democrats launch review of firing of Jack Smith's team
Top House Democrats say that the way in which Jack Smith's staffers were fired "very likely violated longstanding federal laws."
Jack Smith, the prosecutor who would never admit what he was doing
President Donald Trump has thrown the Justice Department's Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutions out the window. But a week before Trump became president, the Department essentially did the same to its own investigation of Trump.
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Trump’s Firing of Jack Smith’s Team Emerges as Cutting Edge of the President’s Efforts To Curtail the ‘Deep State’
The 47th president invokes the powers of Article II to fire the special counsel’s squad — but are his hands tied?
Trump DOJ fires more than a dozen officials who worked with ex-special counsel Jack Smith
The DOJ official argued that the firings are in line with the Trump administration’s “mission of ending the weaponization of government.”
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Federal prosecutors move to dismiss Special Counsel Jack Smith's appeal in Trump documents case
Federal prosecutors in Florida moved to dismiss Special Counsel Jack Smith's appeal, a move that moves the process a step closer to ending the classified documents case against President Donald Trump. The motion still has to be approved by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to The Hill newspaper.
DOJ firing former special counsel Jack Smith's team is 'long overdue,' GOP rep says
Fla., joined 'The Faulkner Focus' to discuss her initial reaction to the firings and how House Republicans are going to work to advance President Donald Trump's agenda.
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Justice Department Fires Staffers Involved With Jack Smith’s Trump Prosecutions, Reflecting Effort To Purge Disloyal Employees
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on Jack Smith’s criminal prosecutions of President Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the investigations and signaling an early willingness to take action favorable to the president’s personal interests.
DOJ fires officials who worked on Jack Smith’s Trump investigations
The Justice Department fired officials who worked on the special counsel team that investigated Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases, a spokesman said.